1. February (The first letter of each line, read vertically.)
2. The poem implies that winter would not be the answer.
Answers and explanations will vary.
3. The cold weather is enduring, or not giving in to, the fact
that the amount of daylight increases each day.
4. winter
5. Teachers may want to make rhyming optional.

Number 20:

1 B 2 C 3 A 4 C 5 C

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Number 1:

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. B

Number 2:

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. D

Number 3:

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A

Number 4:

1. D 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B

Number 5:

1. tigers
2. The United States would not join the League of Nations.
3. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
4. German
5. About 1064 degrees C; About 1947 degrees F

1. South Carolina (Compton s Encyclopedia says that some
historians believe he was born in North Carolina.)
61 (11 days before his 62nd birthday)
2. Each was vice president when the president was
assassinated. (Lincoln and Kennedy)
3. Richard Nixon
4. Trick question - Ford was never elected. He was appointed
to the office by President Nixon when Vice President Agnew
resigned. He became president when Nixon resigned.
5. Vietnam

Number 8:

1. 2 (8 - 6)
2. Yes (in Romania)
3. According to Microsoft Encarta96, The average number
of distinct skeletal structures in a young human is 200,
exclusive of the 6 ossicles found in the ears.
4. None, they're extinct.
5. Virginia

1. 173
2. $ 4.91
3. 31
4. $ 14.25
5. $ 27.00
6. Store A has the better deal. Two bottles of shampoo cost
exactly the same at both stores since the deal at Store B
averages a 25% discount. Store A has the better deal because
you don't have to buy more than one bottle to get a discount.

1. Rome, Italy is farther north than Washington, D.C.
2. Uruguay is closer.
3. Antarctica is larger than Europe.
4. They actually share a border in the Bering Strait between
Alaska and Siberia.
5. Tunisia

Number 4:

1. It limited a president to 2 terms.
2. It gave Congress the power to collect an income tax.
3. 21 to 18

Number 5:

1. 1876
2. Edwin Land
3. 94 years ago
4. 10
5. British Columbia

Number 6:

1. 40 days
2. March 22 - April 25
3. Because it doesn't always occur on the same date.
4. It depends on what part of Kenya you are referring to.
Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn begins
in the southern hemisphere on March 20. Kenya is partly in
both hemispheres.

1. Jackson
2. Nile River (In Africa)
3. The person who fights or opposes the hero
4. Concorde
5. The Mediterranean Sea. The Tyrrhenian Sea and the
Adriatic Sea are part of the Mediterranean; naming them
would also be a correct response.

1. 1788, 7th
2. 1913, Gideon Sundback Some credit Whitcomb Judson
for inventing the zipper in 1873. His invention was more
complex and didn't become successful.
3. He was sworn in as the first president of the United
States.
4. Boulder

Number 11:

1. The Hindenburg was a German zeppelin, or blimp. It
exploded at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The date was May 6,
1937
2. He won the Pulitzer Prize for writing the book, Profiles in
Courage.
3. May 5, 1847
4. May 8, 1945

Number 12:

1. 1918
2. 1905
3. York
4. Madrid, Spain, but not by as much as you might expect.
Madrid is 40 North latitude, Toronto 43 N.

Number 13:

1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2. 1801 - 1835
3. The rest of his/her life
4. 1729
5. Italy

Number 14:

1. Vitamin D; humans make this vitamin when their skin is
exposed to sunlight.
2. A deficiency of vitamin C
3. Vitamin A
4. None. Cholesterol is an animal product, plants are not a
source. However, coconut oil is high in saturated fat which
can trigger the body to make too much cholesterol.

Number 15:

1. mammal
2. Australia
3. No, it is a marsupial.
4. About 6 to 8 years.

Number 16:

1. New York
2. You own part of (a share) the company.
3. It depends on when you check. The stock can be looked
up in most newspapers that list New York Stock Exchange
prices. By using a search engine, you can fine Web sites that
allow you to get price quotes.
4. 1,000
5. 1800

Number 17:

1. Fourteen caret gold is an alloy that is 14/24 gold. Most 14
caret gold is mixed with copper and silver. White gold
combines zinc and nickel with gold. Sometimes platinum is
also used.
2. beavers
3. A Celsius degree is larger than a Fahrenheit degree.
4. tennis